No. 14 backs down towards the Devils Gate Viaduct. After passengers have the opportunity to see the bridge, it will reverse direction and head towards Silver Plume.

Consolidation No. 44 was the first locomotive acquired by Lindsey and Rosa Ashby for their "Colorado Central Narrow Gauge Railroad," which operated over the ex-C&S right of way at Central City, Co... (more)

No. 40 puts on a great show for the few people standing on the Georgetown station platform as it blasts upgrade under the Devils Gate Viaduct towards Silver Plume.

Former West Side Lumber Company Shay 14 in regular service on the Georgetown Loop during the 32 years that the Ashby family ran the operation. The locomotive left in 2004, and is now stored at th... (more)

A pair of NS heritage units, the Monongahela and Lackawanna, lead a string of loaded oil cans through St. Paul towards Chicago.

The Mount Clare roundhouse is an incredible place to present the B&O Museum's amazing collection of locomotives and cars, some going back to the 1830s.

These are the remains of the very first steam locomotive to operate in the United States: the Stourbridge Lion, built in 1828 by Foster, Rastrick & Company of Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England.... (more)

At 12.5 tons, the Cumberland Valley Railroad's "Pioneer" is one of the smallest passenger locomotives in existence - it's hard to imagine this little teapot wheeling varnish between Hagarstown, Ma... (more)

In 1863, B&O Master of Machinery Thatcher Perkins designed and built a 47-ton Ten Wheeler for passenger service on the steep grades between Grafton and Piedmont in what is now West Virginia. Nu... (more)

You've probably heard the tale of B&O's Tom Thumb racing a horse, but do you know where the story came from? The 1893 Columbian Exposition was a world’s fair that celebrated the 400th annivers... (more)

GP40 3684 was the first GP40 purchased by the Baltimore & Ohio. Repainted in 2006, it is displayed in the museum parking lot at the head of a short freight train.

The cab of Clinchfield No. 1, former Black Mountain, built in 1882. After being restored and used in excursion service in the 1970s, it was sent to the B&O Museum for exhibit in the 1980s.

177-year-old B&O "John Hancock" on exhibit at the B&O Railroad Museum. The locomotive was built in 1836 and survived in service long enough to be preserved by Col. Pangborn for the B&O's exhibit ... (more)

One of the oldest locomotives preserved in America, the 1848-built "Memnon" is currently one of the key artifacts in the B&O's Civil War exhibit, "The War Came By Train." The locomotive, which wa... (more)

After spending nearly 120 years masquerading as "B&O 117," which an early B&O Ten Wheeler, the B&O Museum has restored this 4-6-0 to its original 1863 appearance as B&O No. 147. From 1927 until 2... (more)